Another slow one

Well wasnt getting out this weekend but managed a few spare hours today so Andy Lee,seaspirit,Robby and myself decided we would go and try for some flounder at Shotton (this is a strange place for the out n out sea angler as its like river fishing with sea gear anyway we arrived just before low water

Andy was set up with the new Ian Gold realtree rod rest (he forgot his pod)

It did bring him a bit of luck tho as he had a fish on his first cast,a flounder of 37cm


Then it was Seaspirits turn about an hour later he had this little fella

It gave a great bite and good sport on light gear but then it was another hour before the next fish which came to Robby


The fish never really came on the feed and some of the fish were spent the wind was also blowing straight into our faces which made things a bit uncomfortable at times any way another hour was passing


Then Andy had another bite to bring in this flounder

It was the biggest fish of the session but thin as a playing card

And that was it for the four hours of fishing and another blank for me (but i have got Andys new lucky rod rest in my holdall for our next outing) anyway All fish were returned and all litter taken,will give a few weeks before return to this mark but was good to be out  

great report and pice and well done on the flounder pity about the wind    

Going to be some cracking Flounder there this summer   
Great report and pictures       

Good report owdddd well done !

Well done good report with some very good pictures. Some good fish and no rubbish left it would be nice if everyone did the same.  

 

Great report and pics andy

Great pics.. Where's shotton?

fished that exact spot 2 - 3 years ago with glad, we both blanked, nice to see there are fish there

syd wrote:

Great pics.. Where's shotton?

Hi mate not great with directions or places but will try to explain if you get to the big asda at deeside,directly across the road is a KFC follow that road a few hundred yards and you will cross the blue bridge seen in the photos,we turn left into shotton steel works (TATA) and park on the grass next to the closed gate but there are other places to park and also fish and you can see the river in front of you,hope this helps but if not some of the lads on this site know the dee like the back of there hands and will help you out cheers andy

Again top report and another set of cracking pics mate
keep meaning to go there were about's did you park
I know some people park at the queensferry pub but
i'm not sure if you can.  

stevo wrote:

Again top report and another set of cracking pics mate
keep meaning to go there were about's did you park
I know some people park at the queensferry pub but
i'm not sure if you can.  

hi mate was told you can park at the pub but we turn in across from the pub into the steel works its a long private road and we park on the grass nr the closed gate on the left,never had a problem parking there as loads of dog walkers park around here and walk along the river (so watch you dont stand on the brown smelly land mines as they dont all pick it up) hope this helps

longranger wrote:

stevo wrote:

Again top report and another set of cracking pics mate
keep meaning to go there were about's did you park
I know some people park at the queensferry pub but
i'm not sure if you can.  

hi mate was told you can park at the pub but we turn in across from the pub into the steel works its a long private road and we park on the grass nr the closed gate on the left,never had a problem parking there as loads of dog walkers park around here and walk along the river (so watch you dont stand on the brown smelly land mines as they dont all pick it up) hope this helps

Nice one mate i know were you mean cheers   

How far up river can you go before you need a licence I wonder   

Logger wrote:

How far up river can you go before you need a licence I wonder   

dont know but was talking to joe once and he was telling me about resident fish quite far up the river that have red fins (they wont taste good at any time of the year)

Great report Andy well done

Ive been told in the past that its upto the 1st bridge on rivers but not entirely sure how much truth is in that   

What made me think about it was on your pictures your between two bridges   

I don't fish here and I am well known for not knowing much about what I am talking about ... but I thought as it is tidal you could go up as far as the weir in Chester without a license.

Is it more important what you are fishing for than where you are? If you are fishing for sea fish then you are probably ok, if you are fishing for fresh water fish or salmon, trout or eels then probably not.

There's a DEE Angling Website. I can't get much out of it. It looks like their fishing rights extend below the weir.

We've had similar discussions about Rhyl's Blue Bridge and where start of licence requirements kicks in, I don't think the first bridge argument stands up, I certainly hope not, after all Rhyl has a new bridge! I think MusselMan is partly right but then flounder can be caught on garden worm! I did have a look at the Environment Agency website but it's as clear as estuary mud.

The Brenig has an over flow stream that ends up in the sea eventually, I wonder if I could say I was targeting Flounder.....